Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-23
State AFFAIRS.
The Senate Special Committee Fin
ishes Taking Testimony in the
Judge Willis Case.
The Text Of Senator Glassc0ck's Bill
to Regulate Prosecutions and Civil
Suits for Libel.
BIZ to Regulate Sale of Fresh Beef Passed
to EngrOssment by House-Speaker
PendletOn on Record.
TO REGULATE THE SALE OF FRESH BEEF

AUSTIN, lex, March 22.-IGG OIL TO
regulate the sale of fresh beef, requiring
persons killing cattle and Offering the
beef for sale, if not regular butchers, to
produce the hides, including the ears, of
the ANIMALS slaughtered for the inspec-
ton Of any person desiring to inspect the
same, came up as the pending business
before the House this morning. Several
members offered amendments to have
their counties exempted from the pro-
visions of the bill. This brought up the
question of the constltutiOnalitY of the
bill if SO amended. II was cOntended
that to exempt any county would render
the bill unconstitutional and consequently
void. After some discussion these
amendments were lost.
M BroWning's amendment, offered
Just before adjournment last night, was
taken up and after brief discussion was
adopted. The amendment reads:
Amend sect on l by striking out all atter
the enactiug clause and insert the follow
ing: That 1t shall be unlawful for any
person other than person regularly en-
gagged in the business of q butcher IN any
city, town or village to sell or offer to
sell any fresh beef unless at the time Of
such sale or offer to sell he exhibits the
entire hide OF the animal killed, including
the ears thereof, for the examination Of
any person desiring to examine the same.
the bill then passed to eDgrOssment
1t is understood that 8n amendment will
be offered when the bill comes up again
to this effect, that this bill shall not take
If CT or be in force in county unless at
least fifty qualified voters snail petition
the commissioners court TO have the law
tax effect in said county, similar 10 tae
operation of the local option law.
THE GENERAL LAND BILL.
The Senate substitute land bill came
up in The House again this morning ana
was the subject of much debate. Au
amendment was offered to strike out the
clause fixing the venue of the suits in
Travis county instead of the county
where the lands are situated. The same
sectional feeling was exhibited during the
consideration OF this amendment Is has
been shown during the discussion
Of almost every cOntroyerted point
in the ~Ea5ti. The amendment
was lost. After voting down an amend
ment to allow mile lire riding, the bill
came up on It's final passage. 1t received
seventy five Affirmative and sixteen mega
tive votes. 1t is believed that the Senate
will not concur in all the House amend
m6nts, and that a conference committee
will be appointed to settle ali differences.
FURTHER CONSIDERATION POSTPONED.
When the general appropriation bill
came up in the Senate again this morn
ing, further consideration Of the bill WAS
postponed TO await the action Of the
House, that body having under consider
alton similar bill. 1t being question
able whether the Senate could originate 8
bill for the support of the state govern
ment, it was thought best to await the
action of the House. The bill was laid
on the table subject to call
THE JUDGE WILLIS CASE.
The Senate special committee con-
Guided taking testimony in the Judge
Willis examination at noon to-day. The
evidence will now be placed in the hands
of the public printer and published in q
supplement to the Senate Journal. In the
interval that must necessarily elapSe
before it will be ready to submit, the
committee Will prepare their report
which, together with the evidence, will be
submitted to the Senate in few days. 1t
was long, tedious examination, but no
new facts were developed on either side.
The Senate will have placed before them
in substance the same evidence upon
which the House acted.
THE HOUSE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The greater part of the day has beeR
occupied in the House Teadlug, amend
ing notwithstanding the general apprOpria-
ton bill. The tendency Of the amend
ments were to cut down the apprOpia-
tions. Quite lively discussion arose
over an amendment offered by Mr.. Gar
wood to cut out all the appropriation for
the Adjutant Generals office except tue
appropriation for the militia companies
Messrs. Baylor and Robinson made
especial appeals to the House, setting
forth the valuable service Of the rangers
and the long line Of frontier that would
be left unprotected. The amendment
was voted down. The committee
of the whole arose and reported progress,
with request 10 be allowed to cit again,
leaving the appropriation for the Adjulant-
Generals Department the pending bust
mess.
LOCAL OPTION BILL.
The most interesting discussion in the
Senate during the evening session arose
ter regulate the enforcement Of the local
option law. This OCcasiOned a debate
upon the general features of the bill and
the necessity of lis adoption to make the
law effective in the smaller towns in the
state.
SPEAKER PENDLETON's SPEECH.
After the roll call at the night session
of the House Speaker Pendleton took the
floor on q question Of personal privilege,
reading from the conclusion of an eui
torisl relative TO the case Of Dir. H. S.
Garfield in the San Antonio Express, as
Follows: at is but just to Speaker
Pendleton to state that ne was opposed
to the resolution and would have spoken
against 1t, it is said, had the opportunity
presented ITSELF" abiding to the reselu-
ton of Saturday, sublecting Mr.. Candeld
to forty-eight hours imprisonment on q
charge of contempt.
"This," said Mr.. Pendleton, sis mis-
taken statement, and the Express is mis-